Hat-fastener.



J. T. GOONEY.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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JOHN T. COONEY, or DENVER, coLoEAno.

HAT-TAsTENEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed December 19, 1913. Serial No. 807,653.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. COONEY, a citizenof the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver andState of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in hat fasteners, my object being toprovide a device adapted to be conveniently attached to the hat andwhich shall be constructed to secure the latter firmly upon the head andat the same time avoid the use of the ordinary hat pins, which, as iswell understood,

are not only awkward but exceedingly dangerous.

Briefly stated, my improved construction consists in a centrally locatedrod, each extremity of which is equipped with a securing device as asafety pin, whereby the rod is adapted to be secured to the crown of thehat. Upon this rod are slid-ably and also rrtatably mounted twofastening members. Also, connected with each of the fastening members isa stem, whose function is to pierce the crown of the hat and extendtherefrom on opposite sides for manipulating purposes. The exposedextremities of these pins are threaded to receive safety knobs which arescrewed thereon.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, I will proceed todescribe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawing, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing: Figure 1 is a rear view of a hat equipped with myimproved safety device, the body portion of which within the hat isindicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device indetail, the same being shown on a larger scale than in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 isa view of the device showing the two members in different relativepositions. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view showing a modified form ofconstruction.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate a small rod, Whose opposite extremities arerespectively equipped with safety pins 6, which are adapted to beconnected with the crown of the hat. Arranged to cooperate with this rod5 are two fastening members 7, each of which is composed of two U shapeparts 8. The free extremity 9 of each of these parts is pointed, wherebyit is adapted to readily enter the hair of the wearer for fasteningpurposes. The opposite end of each of these hook shape parts merges intoa transverse part 29, in which is formed an eye 10, through which passesthe rod 5, whereby each member 7 is freely slidable upon the rod. Fromthis it will be understood that the two hook shape parts 8 of eachfastening member are connected by a transverse part 29. These two parts8 of each fastening device are further connected by a transverse part12, whose opposite extremities 13 are fastened to the parts 8 at theirbends 14, being preferably soldered or otherwise fastened to preventmovement. In this manner the two parts 8 of .each fastening member aremade sufiioiently rigid for the proper performance of their function.Centrally connected, as shown at 16,with each of the parts 12 of eachfastening member is a stem 15, which extends outwardly beyond the saidmember, being adapted to pierce the crown of the hat. The outerextremities of these stems are preferably formed sharp, as shown at 26,whereby they are fashioned to readily pierce the crown of the hat fromthe inside. The outer portions of these stems are also threaded as shownat 17 to receive ornamental knobs 18 which are screwed thereon, theinner portions 19 of the knobs consisting of sleeves which areinteriorly threaded for the purpose. The inner extremities of the stemsshould be soldered to the parts 12 of the fastening members in order tomake a rigid connection whereby the manipulation of the fasteningmembers is facilitated.

In order to apply the device to a hat, the body of the article, or thatconsisting of the rod 5, the safety pins and the two fastening members7, are placed inside the hat, together with at least one of the stems15.

' This stem is then caused to pierce the hat,

after which the fastening member with which the last named stem isconnected is moved outwardly on the rod 5 to its limit of movement. Itwill then be possible to so adjust the other fastening member as tobring its stem within the crown of the hat, after which it is caused topierce the crown from the inside, its fastening member be ing also movedoutwardly as far as desirable. The ornamental knobs are then applied tothe outer extremities of the stems, after which the device is ready foruse.

In explanation of the use of the device it may be stated that the hatequipped therewith is placed upon the head of the wearer in the usualmanner. The fastening members are then moved inwardly, being manipulatedby the wearer through the instrumentality of the exposed portions of thestems, the ornamental knobs being relatively large and thus facilitatingthe adjustment of the fastening members.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that it is notnecessary that the two fastening members shall both occupy the samerelative position with reference to the rod 5 upon which they areslidably mounted, since either member is free to turn on the rod andconsequently the two parts 29 and 12 of each member, instead ofoccupying the same planes with the corresponding parts of the othermember, may form angles thereto, thus making it possible under allcircumstances to so adj ust the fastening members with reference to thehair of the wearer, as to get the most satis factory results. Attentionis, however, called to the fact that in the form of construction shownin Figs. 2 and 3, if it is not desired that both members 7 should occupythe same relative positions, the change of position of the members mustbe made before the device is attached to the hat. For instance, if it isdesired to use the device with the two parts 7 in the positionillustrated in Fig. 2-3, the member 7 at the right, for instance, shouldbe turned upon the rod 5 before its stem 15 is passed through the crownof the hat. Then the two members 7 may be adjusted, their correspondingparts moving in different planes. This may often be exceedinglyadvantageous to the wearer.

N ow, referring to the form of construction shown in Fig. 4, the stem 15is bent as shown at 30, whereby the body of the stem where it passesthrough the crown of the hat is in line with the rod 5, the bent partforming a sort of crank arm within the hat. By virtue of thisconstruction, the members 7 may be rotatably manipulated within the hatafter the device has been applied thereto. It will be understood,however, that the crank portion 30 of the stem must always be within thecavity of the hat, while the straight portion, which is in line with therod 5, passes through the crown of the hat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A hat fastener comprising a rod whose JOHN T. COONEY.

Witnesses A. J OBRIEN, A. Ennnr OBRIEN.

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Washington, D. C.

